Some of the people in this are remarkably candid_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

Topic "Prison in disguise" made me think of public schools, which, in turn also enable women paedophiles._________________The popularity of Bernie Sanders tells me there is a large group of people in this country who want to do what is right, what is moral, and what is virtuous -- and yet have no idea how.

Topic "Prison in disguise" made me think of public schools, which, in turn also enable women paedophiles.

I'm amazed that no other people have commented, even if they just watched the first 5 minutes!_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

Seriously? One comment? Nothing about the freedom implications? Nothing?_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

Finally got around to watching it. I agree it was odd, also interesting.

I particularly agreed with the one staff member who said if he were there after having agreed to and served his time, he would feel his constitutional rights were violated. That said, given society's discomfort with the risk of living near sexual and or violent criminals, there isn't a better option

At the same time, no amount of therapy or panel review is going to determine if a released individual will commit a crime. The best they can hope for is denying release to those most likely to commit another related offense. If this system is to be used, sentencing should include this type of continued incarceration as part of the original sentencing. Knowing you had to go through treatment might reduce some of the resistance to treatment.

At the same time, I don't agree that it was "abuse." If that is abuse, they are essentially demanding the equivalent of chemical alteration to have no reaction to anything. Completely beyond sanity IMO._________________lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.

I was surprised about how much empathy I started having for them, especially because how open and candid they were. Then I was reminded that some of them had committed heinous crimes.

But still, they served their time but they were never going to be released. Even if they were given a release it was unlikely you would be found somewhere to live - so you were kept there.

Maybe a big town needs to be made that although it's not the "outside world" but it's not prison_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

Isn't it kind of well known that "get free out of prison because mental illness" card is in fact "indeterminate imprisonment" card. Locking people after they spent time in prison is even worse.

You could probably get the gist of the documentary from the 5 minutes. If you ever watched more I'd be interested what you thought about the system because for me prison is about rehabilitation_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

are you on dial-up?_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

I did not watch the entire video at this time, but what I did see was candid, and somewhat disturbing on a couple of major levels.

If they served their time, then I think it is unconstitutional that they are being held. It might be the "right" thing for society, but it is still wrong. On the other hand, I do not think that a few therapy sessions are going to change a person's behavior._________________Irony is asking government to fix the problems it caused

I did not watch the entire video at this time, but what I did see was candid, and somewhat disturbing on a couple of major levels.

If they served their time, then I think it is unconstitutional that they are being held. It might be the "right" thing for society, but it is still wrong. On the other hand, I do not think that a few therapy sessions are going to change a person's behavior.

++

It's an incredibly messy situation with no easy answer._________________"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." - P. J. O'Rourke

Maybe a big town needs to be made that although it's not the "outside world" but it's not prison

I definitely think a "trustee" arrangement should be made where they are allowed to leave and go to work, but must return.

I've mentioned it before, but this seems like another good opportunity to bring it up again. The Woodsman was a very good movie._________________lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.

Well, in part, it would be "easy" to change the law such that going to this or a similar place is required after release from prison. That would at least address the rights issue. It is also a step toward figuring out what to do about them once they are released. Some of the therapy and polygraph tests could be conditional for release. And with the "trustee" scenario I mentioned in response to cokehabit, it could be a circular environment from which they are never completely released. Given the violent nature and damage to potential victims, I don't think it is at all unreasonable._________________lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.

Do I think it's right that they are locked up after they have served their time? No.

Do I want them living near me? No.

Obviously if they are a threat to society they can't be released but I'm not sure some of those people were. I am also aware that some people are lying - and that may be part of their nature.

Pjp, How would the trustee system work?_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

I did not watch the entire video at this time, but what I did see was candid, and somewhat disturbing on a couple of major levels.

If they served their time, then I think it is unconstitutional that they are being held. It might be the "right" thing for society, but it is still wrong. On the other hand, I do not think that a few therapy sessions are going to change a person's behavior.

++

It's an incredibly messy situation with no easy answer.

indeed. not an easy thing.

there should be a clear legal way to lock them up indefinitely. of course, much easier access to treatment on both the inside and outside of prison would be good._________________

wswartzendruber wrote:

Well, every group has its nutjobs, and the Second Amendment crowd is no exception.

I'm not finding specific examples, but they remain prisoners, but are allowed some unsupervised freedoms. They've been determined to be low risk, etc. The closest thing I can find to an example Untrusty Trustees (but nothing says this guy wouldn't have done something once fully released. There are no guarantees).

The main benefit is getting them adapted to freedom, but still requiring them to return. If they don't return, then they'd be "immediately" noticed as missing. In my opinion, a program such as that would have a lot of benefits. They'd be close to their "support", they'd not be living where people don't want them, and they'd be earning trust in a meaningful way. If they did that for a number of years, and then went through some kind of halfway house, that would probably be the best "guarantee" as could be achieved._________________lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.

I'm not finding specific examples, but they remain prisoners, but are allowed some unsupervised freedoms. They've been determined to be low risk, etc. The closest thing I can find to an example Untrusty Trustees (but nothing says this guy wouldn't have done something once fully released. There are no guarantees).

The main benefit is getting them adapted to freedom, but still requiring them to return. If they don't return, then they'd be "immediately" noticed as missing. In my opinion, a program such as that would have a lot of benefits. They'd be close to their "support", they'd not be living where people don't want them, and they'd be earning trust in a meaningful way. If they did that for a number of years, and then went through some kind of halfway house, that would probably be the best "guarantee" as could be achieved.

That seems sensible. Maybe for the first 12 months they have to wear an electronic tag/ankle monitor so they keep within a certain distance from schools or something.

Or how about building a whole town where they can be productive within an environment they are comfortable in. The lowest risk are allowed out to other towns and such as a normal person but with the knowledge that there is a fixed prison sentence if their conduct doesn't meet certain requirements. If alls well then they are released fully but with the benefit of acting in a normal environment for some time - so it should be second nature.

In the video I noticed that the guy they wanted to release (the guy who had a voluntary castration) had committed the worst crimes of the lot and by his mannerisms I don't think he'd cope in the outside world. I'm pretty sure he'd never re-offend but I think it would be too much in a weird kinda way_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

This could easily be solved by the market. It's messy because of state monopoly on law.

How so? How could the market do better?_________________when you're sitting back, in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away...

In the video I noticed that the guy they wanted to release (the guy who had a voluntary castration) had committed the worst crimes of the lot and by his mannerisms I don't think he'd cope in the outside world. I'm pretty sure he'd never re-offend but I think it would be too much in a weird kinda way

It isn't that they wanted to release him, a judge ordered him released. They just can't find a place for him to live. I think the biggest adjustment problem would be in how neighbors and the community treat them. If released, these people would almost have to become the most pacifist, kumbaya, hand-holding group that ever existed.

They would be scrutinized on an different, possibly even unfair scale. If you or I were to get into some kind of altercation with a neighbor, not much would come of it. But if one of these guys were to get into an altercation their neighbor initiated, they'd probably be convicted of something. Recidivism is of course the number one concern, but I think the treatment by neighbors would be the number one problem._________________lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.